1873 Birthday of influential director in Austria-Hungary. He stages innovative productions of , Sumurun, and . In 1935, he also directs a film adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of the earliest Shakespeare productions to be made into a sound film.
1947 Bowing to pressure from HUAC, the Actors' Equity council reiterates its stand against communism.
1970 At today's matinee, surpasses as the longest-running Broadway musical in history. A celebration at Sardi's follows the performance.
1973 Playwright dies at age 80. His plays included , , , and the book to the musical .
1975 As part of its season celebrating the United States Bicentennial, presents a revival of 's on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. Directed by , the production stars as Sabina, and and as Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus. Despite rave reviews for Ashley, the revival proves to be a disappointment and closes after 7 performances.
1980 dies at age 78. Shows he directed include , , , , and . Clurman was also a drama critic for the New Republic and The Nation.
1998 Trinity Rep of Providence, Rhode Island opens its season with and 's classic musical The Threepenny Opera. The production, directed by Alan MacVey, takes place in the London of tomorrow, at the coronation of King William V. , of 's fame, stars as Jenny.
2001 hosts the tenth annual "Broadway on Broadway" concert in Times Square, featuring songs from recent hit , and the then-previewing . It's the last light-hearted event in the crossroads for some time, as news events of two days hence are about to overwhelm the city.
2004 The musical version of 's The Color Purple has its world premiere at the , starring . It the following year, winning LaChanze the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
2004 and the chorus girls of are on hand to cut the ribbon for Dodger Stages, a complex of five new Off-Broadway theatres (formerly a multiplex cinema) just west of the Times Square theatre district on 50th Street. The complex is renamed New World Stages two years later.
2009 First season debut of the TV series Glee, about life among high school theatre and music students. The series stars and , and goes on to feature many Broadway stars as guests.
2017 Obie-winning composer-lyricist dies at age 41, following complications with HIV/AIDS. He wrote music and lyrics for musicals including , The Fortress of Solitude, and Gone Missing.
More of Today's Birthdays: (1905-1987); (1913.-1975); (1923-2011); (1924-2019); (b. 1935); (1951); (b. 1955); (b.1980).
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